Book or blank case



(No Model.)

R. MILLER.

BooK 0R BLANK CASE.

No. 480,388. Patente Aug. 9, 1892.

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ROY MILLER, OF ALMA CENTRE, VISCONSIN.

BOOK OR BLANK CASE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters 'Patent N o. 480,388, dated August9, 1892.

Application filed February 3, 1892. Serial No. IZOIIQZ. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ROY MILLER, a citizen of the United States, residingat Alma Centre, in the county of Jackson and State of Wisconsin, haveinvented a new and useful Book and Blank Case, of which the following isa specication.

rlhis invention relates to book cases or shelves; and it has for itsobject to provide an article of this character which shall be cheap,simple in construction, and which provides for a convenient reaching ofthe articles upon the shelves, and which holds the same in such a mannerthat the contents of the shelves are always accessible, and th usgreatly facilitates the removal of the books, blanks, catalogues,letters, or whatever may be placed in said case.

With these and many other objects in view, which will readily appear asthe nature of the invention is better understood, the same consists inthe novel construction, combination, and arrangement ot' partshereinafter more fully described, illustrated, and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a perspective view of a bookand blank case or shelving constructed in accordance with my invention.Fig. 2 is a transverse sectional view of the same.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, A represents a suitableinclosing frame or case, within which is supported the shelves B, whichare designedfor the reception of hooks, blanks, letters, bills, or anyarticle whatever which need to he so placed as to be ready of access andwhich can he easily located. The shelves B are arranged within the caseA at an incline and parallel with each other, having their lower edgesat the front of the frame or case A and their upper rear edges withinsaid frame or case in order to hold the articles in an inclined positionor at an angle, so that the same maybe easily seen and removed. Thefront lower edges of said inclined shelves, which are disposed at anysuitable angle from twenty degrees to fortyfive degrees to a horizontalplane, are provided with a series of concave linger-notches C, by meansof which the objects on the shelves may be readily grasped and removed.The said shelves are also provided with the retaining-danges D, securedto said front edges and at right angles to the shelves, so that thecontents of the shelves may be held thereon and prevented from slippingoff, said flanges being also interrupted at regular intervals by saidfinger-notches to facilitate access to the objects on the shelves.Suitable labels may be placed on said flanges, if desired, in order toindicate the articles supported by the shelves; they are unnecessaryunless it is desired to designate the location of dierent classes ofmatter or files.

The construction and advantages of the herein-described shelving arethought to be apparentwithoutfurtherdescription. It may loe additionallynoted at this point that the nearer to the horizontal plane that thesaid shelves are placed the closer together the same can be arranged, soas to accommodate the articles placed thereon. When so placed in closerelation or arrangement with each other, the said shelves hold thearticles so that the lower ends of said articles are alone visible, andappropriate labels may be placed on the saine, so as to indicate theirlocation. This applies to books, catalogues, or any articles which canbe conveniently labeled. IVhen legal blanks, bill-heads, letter-heads,dac., are put on the shelves, the lianges of the shelves may beappropriately labeled to indicate the location of the articles. It canbe readily seen that by this arrangement of shelving every availablespace is utilized and more matter can be accommodated than in mostsimilar articles now in use.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is-

The combination,with an inclosing case, of a series offorwardly-inclined shelves fixedly secured at an angle within said caseparallel with and in close proximity to each other, the same incliningdownwardly from their rear edges at the back of the case to the frontthereof and provided at their frontlower edges with upwardly-extendingright-angularly-disposed retaining-flanges and a series of fingernotchesinterrupting said iianges at regular intervals, substantially as setforth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixedmy signature in the presence of two witnesses.

ROY MILLER.

Witnesses:

JOHN J. BRINKMAN, E. N. DUNN.

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